Korean elephant can talk
Koshik’s vocabulary isn’t very extensive, but the five words of Korean he knows is pretty impressive. The 22-year-old Asian elephant started imitating his trainers on his own, some researchers say […]
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Find dark matter, win $12,000
Dark matter is so elusive, scientists are outsourcing. The Observing Dark Worlds contest is calling on citizen astronomers and scientists to find the best method for detecting dark matter. At this […]
Curiosity rover was here
Almost as if to say, “Seeeee? I really AM on Mars,” the Curiosity rover sent home a portrait of itself sitting pretty in the sand. The rover used its MAHLI […]
Cheap new HIV test could be a boon for poorer countries
It might be no big deal for you to stop into the local clinic for an HIV test. But for some countries, testing needs to be cheaper. Researchers at the […]
How paintball could save the planet
We all know what will happen if a apocalypse-heralding asteroid comes hurtling toward Earth. Bruce Willis and his rag-tag team of oil rig workers join forces with NASA and detonate […]
A bivalve population could have battled against Sandy
Unless you’re about to slurp them down or are a marine biologist, chances are you don’t think about oysters very much. But Paul Greenberg does. The New York Times op […]
New lizard species escapes extinction
Sometimes you discover something in the last place you’d expect. Like a new species near a housing development. Researchers from Australian National University happened upon the coastal plains skink, Ctenotus ora, […]
Freak factors made Sandy a Frankenstorm
Hurricanes are nasty customers any way you spin it. But as we’ve seen in the past with storms like Katrina, some are much more devastating than others. But it’s more […]
Astronaut’s-eye view of Hurricane Sandy
Hurricanes are big. Storms less than 274 miles across are considered small or “midget” hurricanes. Sandy’s tendrils stretch almost the entire length of the eastern seaboard, so she’s a giant among […]
Our space house is a very very very fine space house
When a space exploration agency eventually sends some astronauts to a foreign planet to live for a little while, what will their home look like? It could be something similar […]
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